Name: Great Canadian HEINZ Ketchup Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 16 servings, 1/16 recipe (116 g) each
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 2 tsp. Magic Baking Powder; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1-1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon; 1/2 tsp. each ground ginger and nutmeg; 1/2 cup each Heinz Tomato Ketchup and water; 2 Tbsp. red food colouring; 1-1/2 cups butter, softened, divided; 1-1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar; 2 eggs; 175 g (about 3/4 of 250-g pkg.) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened; 1 tsp. vanilla; 4 cups icing sugar

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Heat oven to 350ºF.
Spray 2 (9-inch) round pans with cooking spray; cover bottoms with parchment.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and spices. Mix ketchup, water and food colouring in separate bowl until blended.
Beat 3/4 cup butter and brown sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs, 1 at a time. Add flour mixture alternately with ketchup mixture, mixing well after each addition. Pour into prepared pans.
Bake 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centres comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 10 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
Beat cream cheese, vanilla and remaining butter in separate large bowl with mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in icing sugar until mixture is light and fluffy.
Stack cake layers on plate, filling and frosting with cream cheese icing.

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Substitute 4 cups of your favourite purchased vanilla or cream cheese frosting for the homemade icing.

How to Mask Frosting Imperfections

Mask any frosting imperfections by gently pressing shredded coconut into frosting before it becomes firm.

Variation

Leave top of cake unfrosted; spread with Kraft Pure Raspberry Jam. Pipe remaining icing around top edge of cake.

Servings

16 servings, 1/16 recipe (116 g) each

Nutritional Information

Serving Size 16 servings, 1/16 recipe (116 g) each
AMOUNT PER SERVING
Calories	460

% Daily Value
Total fat	21g
Saturated fat	13g
Cholesterol	85mg
Sodium	400mg
Carbohydrate	65g
Dietary fibre	1g
Sugars	52g
Protein	3g

Vitamin A	20 %DV
Vitamin C	0 %DV
Calcium	6 %DV
Iron	8 %DV

* Nutrition information is estimated based on the ingredients and cooking instructions as described in each recipe and is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Please note that nutrition details may vary based on methods of preparation, origin and freshness of ingredients used.

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